South Anne Street

I almost didn’t know him, I nearly passed him by

It took us both a moment to get over our surprise

We hugged each other clumsily and laughed a bit too long

As the shoppers on South Anne St. hurried on

I said I’d heard that he was married and was living overseas

He said he’d seen my posters on a billboard near his street

And he’d heard about what happened and we both just looked away

And headed from South Anne St to McDaids ….where…

We drank to ancient love for hours on end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And we drank to chance encounters, too long overdue

On South Anne St. on a Tuesday afternoon

It felt just like it used to, like we’d never been apart

Back when we were students on a bench in College Park

And I felt something deep inside of me I really can’t explain

In a pub beside South Anne St in the rain

 

We drank to ancient love for hours on end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And we drank to chance encounters, too long overdue

On South Anne St. on a Tuesday afternoon

We embraced before we parted to walk into the night

With a complicated sadness at this complicated life

Cause ships passing in the night occasionally meet

At the corner of South Anne and Grafton Street

We drank to ancient love for hours on end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And we drank to chance encounters, too long overdue

On South Anne St. on a Tuesday afternoon

We drank to ancient love for hours on end

Raised our glasses to remember absent friends

And sometimes if I’m lonely and I’m walking on my own

I’ll detour down South Anne St. going home